António Teixeira de Sousa

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Teixeira and the second or paternal family name is de Sousa.

Count António Teixeira de Sousa
Prime Minister of Portugal
In office 26 June 1910 – 5 October 1910
Monarch	Manuel II
Preceded by	Francisco da Veiga Beirão
Succeeded by	Provisional Government
Personal details
Born	(1857-05-05)5 May 1857 Celeirós, Sabrosa, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	5 June 1917(1917-06-05) (aged 60) Celeirós, Sabrosa, Portuguese Republic
Party	Regenerator Party
Occupation	Medical doctor Thermae doctor Writer

António Teixeira de Sousa, 2nd Count of Sousa Palmela (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔni.u tɐjˈʃɐjɾɐ ðɨ ˈsozɐ, ɐ̃ˈtɔnju -]; 5 May 1857 – 5 June 1917) was a Portuguese medical doctor and politician during the Constitutional Monarchy.

Biography

He graduated in Medicine at the University of Porto in 1883.

A member of the conservative Regenerator Party, he was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1889. He was later minister of the Navy and Overseas (1900–1903), and, twice, of Finance (1903–1904, 1906). He became President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) on 26 June 1910, and would be the last Prime Minister of the Constitutional Monarchy as King D. Manuel II was overthrown by a republican revolution on 5 October 1910. He left politics after the republic proclamation, but showed moderate support for the new regime. He died on 5 June 1917.